FFmpeg developer discussion from 2 Dec 2022

Status updates: what folks are working on right now, what they'll work on in the future, and what they'd like to have:

Votes When do we update the voters for the General Assembly?

• never or infrequently
• every time we vote (automated)
• on January 1st every year

Criteria for active voting rights

• 20 patches in 36 months, only coding that changes compiler output (c, h, asm, cpp) + nominated people [current setup]
• 20 patches/pushes in 36 months, whatever the content (including documentation and tools, website) + nominated people [suggested]

Next Election for TC and CC When? We need volunteers for both

We need more clear rules for CC, jb will suggest improvements +CoC? The CC should comment when action is taken.

FFmpeg infra Who? What?

• Mail, Git, FATE, Web server & access
• Backups for the above
• Domain/DNS administration
• IRC administration
• Access to FFmpeg hardware (M1, AVX512 NUC, Altra) Need servers to be setup for both FATE and developer access

​https://dnsdumpster.com/static/map/ffmpeg.org.png Documentation about those? -> Thilo + jb will talk with Michael, Anton and Josh offer help

MONEY We still have around 150k$ at SPI Money is controlled by SPI, and the liaison to SPI is Stefano, and it needs mailing-list requests

Hardware

• 2 NUC for AVX-512 (1 fate/1 dev)
• Desktops (Carl)
• Further hardware is needed? Who needs hardware?

DNN Delete the native backend? Yes Move to a separate library? Delete? Move to somewhere else?

GSoC Do we do GSoC this year? Please suggest better projects

YES

Goodies Do you want FFmpeg goodlies? Which ones?

• Tshirts/Hoodies? Stickers?

YES,

Misc

• RTMP+